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diocese

noun
/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English diocise, from Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).

  1. derived from διοίκησις — “internal administration”
  2. derived from dioecēsis — “district under a governor”
  3. derived from diocēsis
  4. derived from diocese
  5. inherited from diocise

Definitions

  1. An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian…

    An administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.

  2. An ecclesiastical territory administered by a bishop.

The neighborhood

Derived

undiocesed

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diocese. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at diocese. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at diocese

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA